Teenage+Brain


 * - Why is Phineas Gage’s story important to the study of the brain in psychology?

- How did Phineas Gage change after the accident?**


 * - How did Phineas Gage’s accident change scientists’ understanding of the brain?**


 * - Recalling what you have learned regarding the frontal lobe, what possible problems or abnormalities may**
 * Gage have presented with subsequent to this type of injury (remember the precise location of the rod through**
 * his brain)?**

1. Phineas Gage's story is important to the study of the brain in psychology, because he had survived a steel rod through his left frontal lobe, yet his personality changed dramatically after the incident. If a trauma occurs to the brain, the brains inner workings may be re-wired to change the person completely.

2.Phineas went from being polite to being a rude, angry man. He had no filter on his mouth, so he would say whenever, wherever.

3. Phineas Gage's accident changed scientists' understanding of the brain because they understod that the brain played a major role in determining a persons personality and how they function with their personality. Different parts of the brain control different aspects of the person such as personality; it does not just control how a person thinks, contrary to their former beliefs.